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Welcome to the Commons

System Notification Message

All systems are currently available.

eRA’s first quarterly release for 2017 will be moved to Wednesday, January 18, 2017, a day earlier than scheduled. During this system-wide release, eRA systems and databases are scheduled to be unavailable starting at 9 p.m. on Wednesday, January 18 and ending no later than 7 a.m. on Thursday, January 19.

Commons Related Resources

Reference Letters: To submit a reference letter when requested by an applicant, please follow this link: Submit Reference Letter.

Demo Facility:Demo Facility allows you to try most of the capabilities of the NIH eRA Commons in a sample environment.

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This is a U.S. Government computer system, which may be accessed and used only for authorized Government business by authorized personnel. Unauthorized access or use of this computer system may subject violators to criminal, civil, and/or administrative action. Use of the eRA Commons website requires gathering personal information as part of the NIH grant proposal submission and administration process. Grant proposals are treated as confidential until awards are made. Upon award, the title, principal investigator name(s), abstracts, and award amount are disclosed publicly. Other information may be made available within and outside the NIH through routine uses, as described in SORN 09-25-0036, or, subject to the provisions of the Freedom of Information Act 5 U.S.C. 552. Your activity while using this site is not anonymous: to protect the site, NIH tracks the IP address and login information that is used for access, as well as the individual pages you visit. The IP address is used to help verify user ID and to provide information specific to the user's interest and/or to respond to user queries. A more detailed notice is provided Here.